Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2012

Ghana, 2012

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GHA_2012_GSHS_v01

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Middle Tennessee State University

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Days active 60 min plus past 7 days (Q49)

Data file: 2012GHA_seniorhigh_public_use

Overview

Valid: 1962

Invalid: 22

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

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Question pretext

The next 3 questions ask about physical activity. Physical activity is any activity that increases your heart rate and makes you breathe hard. Physical activity can be done in sports, playing with friends, or walking to school. Some examples of physical activity are running, fast walking, biking, dancing, football, and COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.

Literal question

During the past 7 days, on how many days were you physically active for a total of at least 60 minutes per day? ADD UP ALL THE TIME YOU SPENT IN ANY KIND OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EACH DAY.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	0 days	489	24.9%
2	1 day	395	20.1%
3	2 days	259	13.2%
4	3 days	212	10.8%
5	4 days	126	6.4%
6	5 days	88	4.5%
7	6 days	62	3.2%
8	7 days	331	16.9%
Sysmiss		22

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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